With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fighting for the White House… we give you the lowdown on the state of the parties as US goes to the polls

THE map below may look like Donald Trump will walk tomorrow’s US Presidential election – but it is not as simple as that. For the swathes of Republican red on there, it is the blue of Democrat Hillary Clinton that, while comparatively sparse, leaves her on the brink of moving into the White House. Just as in Britain, it is not necessarily the person or party with the most votes across the country that decides the President. Instead, the 50 states vote in an “electoral college” made up of a fixed number of delegates relative to the state’s population. READ MORE: Billionaire George Soros linked to fake US election ‘vote rigging’ plot to help Hillary Clinton win race to the White House FBI reveals probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails finds no evidence of crime being committed Chelsea Clinton ‘paid for her wedding using funds from the Clinton Foundation’, sensational leaked emails claim Donald Trump election win could see the pound given a massive boost – but world economy will be thrown into turmoil, experts warn Not all are equal. California, for example, has 55 delegates – some of whom will be attached to Clinton, others to Trump – and Idaho four. In all but two states – Maine and Nebraska, which each have their own, complicated system – winner takes all. So if Clinton wins 51 per cent of the vote in California, she secures all 55 electoral college votes. There are a total of 538 electoral college votes… [Read full story]